In this review, we consider affective cognition, responses to emotional stimuli occurring in
the context of cognitive evaluation. In particular, we discuss emotion categorization, biasing …

Brain imaging techniques allow the in vivo evaluation of the human brain, leading to a better
understanding of its anatomical, functional and metabolic substrate. The aim of this current …

Objectives: Biomarkers are defined as anatomical, biochemical or physiological traits that
are specific to certain disorders or syndromes. The objective of this paper is to summarise …

A threatening facial expression is a potent social sign of hostility or dominance. During the
past 20years, photographs of threatening faces have been increasingly included as stimuli …

The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism has been widely regarded as a potential genetic risk factor for
affective disorders. Consistent with this, this polymorphism has been associated with altered …

Background Functional movement disorders (FMDs), part of the wide spectrum of functional
neurological disorders (conversion disorders), are common and often associated with a poor …

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) can come in different forms, presenting problems for
diagnostic classification. Here, we examined personality traits in a large sample of patients …

Abstract Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) is the rate-limiting enzyme in brain serotonin
synthesis. The TPH2 gene has frequently been investigated in relation to psychiatric …

Despite extensive research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anger in PTSD has
received little attention. This is surprising, given anger is a key predictor of treatment …

Anxiety disorders are frequent and burdensome psychiatric diseases. Despite their
moderate to strong heritabilities, the search for candidate genes has been limited by …